<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubalt-stories-student-employees-2026.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>04/13/2026</pubDate><title>Earning and Learning: UBalt's Student Workforce</title><description>Over the 2025-26 academic year, The University of Baltimore had 269 student employees, serving as peer tutors, customer service agents, administrative assistants and lab support, to name a few. The roles vary but there’s one constant: student employment opportunities benefit everyone on campus.</description><author>UBalt Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/william-thompson-student-worker-feature.jpg" alt="A student sits at an office front desk looking at one of two computer screens on the desk during his role as a student employee."/></image><image-cap>William Thompson, MBA student, works the front desk in the College of Public Affairs' Office of the Dean.</image-cap><quote>It’s already put me in position to be prepared for what I'm going to be doing in the future. I just feel like it was what I needed.</quote><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>Main Stories</tag><tag>Student Life</tag></tags></item>